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Travel agents have been swamped by calls from troubled tourists wanting to change their holiday plans in Turkey, where an estimated 50,000 Britons visited last week.

But ABTA said it was up to individual travel agents whether to refund customers, with some travellers due to be hit with charges.

A spokeswoman for ABTA said: “Some, including Thomas Cook and Thomson, have been offering the chance to change or cancel this weekend - but it varies by operator and it is their commercial decision to make.

“For others, it will come down to the terms and conditions of their booking, unless the Foreign Office advice changes and they're telling people not to travel to an area, as happened in Tunisia and Sharm el-Sheikh.”

A look back on the shocking Turkish military coup that left 294 dead

The violent military coup to overthrow Turkey's President Erdogan has 'failed' leaving at least 104 dead and more than 1,500 wounded

A police officer talks with the soldiers involved in the coup attempt after they surrendered

“Travel insurance is primarily in place to cover the cost of emergency medical treatment and is not designed to cover disinclination to travel.”

Following the bloody coup, several Britons were stranded in Turkey but the Foreign Office said everything was being done to bring them home.

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Soldiers take a key strategic bridge in the attempted coup

The failed coup is the latest devastating blow for the tourism industry in Turkey following the terrorist bombing of Ataturk airport in Istanbul last month which killed more than 40 innocent civilians and dozens more injured.

According to the Foreign Office, more than 2.5 million Britons travel to the popular holiday country each year.

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Thousands of pro-Erdogan supporters take to the streets in support of their President

Russia effectively banned all travel of its nationals into the country after Turkey downed one of its fighter jets late last year.

Tourism accounts for 11 per cent for Turkey’s GDP and provides employment to around one million people.